On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Grant <emailgrant@(protected):
> I received my RMAed motherboard back from MSI today, and although it
> powered right on, the BIOS wouldn't post unless I disconnected the
> CDROM drive and used a different CPU. I had been overclocking an
> AMD64 X2 but luckily I had a Sempron to test with.
>
> Does this sound like a case of an overclocked CPU burning out and
> taking a couple of devices with it, or is it more likely that the
> motherboard died and took a couple devices with it, or something else?
>

IIRC, most RMA'd hardware isn't 'repaired' in the technical sense.
You're typically given a new motherboard. In my experience,
overclocking typically doesn't damage unrelated components. The CPU
is likely the only problem with your rig, unfortunately.



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